Gartner Highlights Key Emerging Technologies in 2005 Hype Cycle

From @Gartner

Egham, UK, August 23, 2005 ‐ Gartner today released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, assessing the maturity, impact and adoption speed of 44 technologies and trends over the coming decade.


1. Collaboration

• Podcasting.
• Peer to Peer (P2P) voice over IP (VoIP).
• Descktop Search.
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
• Corporate Blogging.
• Wikis.

2. Next Generation Architecture

• Service Oriented Architecture(SOA).
• Web Services-Enabled Business Models.
• Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
• Business Process Platforms (BPP).

3. Real World Web

• Location-aware applications.
• Radio Frequency Identification (Passive).
• Mesh Networks - Sensor.